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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
They WILL STRIKE TO-DAY
Employees Of the Reading System Will
Go Out on a Strike
To-day.
Supt. Keim Advertises for Men, and
Promises Steady Work and
Protection.
The Red Brotherhood Trying to Make
Capital Out Of the Sit
uation.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 80, Midnight
1t is just learned that all of the assem-
blies including the employees of the
Reading road, nine in number, have de-
cided to go on strike tomorrow morn
ing. and the men will refuse to go to
work at o'clock. The men now claim
that the strike will be general all along
the line of the road and its branches.
This decision is in pursuance of the
convention held at Reading last night.
Supt. Keim to-day Used the following:
''Men wanted for handling coal at the
ElizabethpOrt docks of the Philadelphia
d Reading Railroad company. Steady
employment insured and as high wages
as paid by any company for similar
services, and full protection guaranteed
to every man who engages with Us.
None of the men discharged on the oath
day of December for refusing to handle
the company's coal will be engaged"
Mr.. Keim said this afternoon: There
are about 10000 idle men in New York.
and plenty who are willing to work,
We have no difficulty in handling the
coal at Elizabethport. The men are
loading the boats and one of the boats
has already left. There are about 500
cars of coal at that point. We can un-
load about 600 day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Check Forger Arrested.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-James King. a
wealthy cattle dealer from Helena,
Mont, was arrested tonight on charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Checks for 800 were shown
drawn by him against the First National
Bank of Chicago. Mr.. King i, ver mad
an account there. He says the cnec.lS
were signed by him while in semi
stupor. the result of drugged wniSl. Y,
imbibed after he had been inveig led
into private poker room. He mad been
allowed to win at first, but afterward
lost all his cash, $50, and he does not
know how much else. The complain
ant against Mr.. King is William S.
Wharton, loan broker, who got the
checks in payment of debt, and asserts
that he was assured by Mr.. King that
the checks were all right.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
FINCHUM HANGED
For the Brutal Murder of His
Brother a Short Time Since.


HARRIsoNBURG, Va, Dec. 30.-Will-
lam Finchum was hanged here to-day.
Religious services were held in his cell
lust prior to the execution, but there
were no services at the ScaffOld. The
condemned said to the minister that he
was willing and ready to die. At the
scaffOld, in reply to the Sheriff'S interrO-
CATION. Have you any remarks to make?"
he replied Il have not" Thirteen
minutes after the drop fell Finchum
was pronounced dead. The body was
buried in the pOtterS' field, the family
being too poor to take charge of it. The
militia were on guard for a square each
way from the jail. and no one was per-
mitted to pass without written permits
sion. No unusual incident occurred
and all is quiet. The crime for which
Finchum was hanged was the brutal
murder of his own brother, Preston
Finchum. lie had prearranged a meet
ing in the woods with his brother, and
sent him to a diStillery for brandy for
the purpose of making him drunk and
also to nerve himself for the horrible
deed. When Preston had got so drunk
as to be partially ObliviOuS of what was
going on, William stepped behind him
and shot him in the head. He then
dubbed him SeYe al times, crushing his
skull to make his victims death certain.
He attributed his crime to his criminal
intimacy with his dead brothers wife,
and conceived the idea of murder and
carried it out so that he might be more
secure in that intimacy.
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he fled to escape punishment for his
crime. After the murder Herrig set out
towards the northern boHndery line,
with the purpose. evidently. of escaping
into Missouri and making for Kansas
City or st. Louis. Directly after the
crime was discovered force of men set
out to find him. This was done about
IL o'clock last night. about four miles
north Of Rector When found he was
asleep under large tree. He was in
formed that he must die, and made no
protest. In fact, he said he was willing
and ready; he had done nothing he had
cause to regret. His wife had been
untrue to him, and he had killed her
lover, and this he regarded as justice.
Regarding the shooting of his wife, he
said he could offer nothing in the way
of defense. He was then hanged on the
very tree under which he was found
sleeping. His wife's stage name was
Julia Bennett before her marriage.
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'sthat blizzard is queer thing to re-.
mind one of his wife, and yet if it
hadn't been for blizzard, wouldn't
have won her."
well, well, how did it occur?" cried
his impatient listeners.
swell, you see was young man OF
twenty-five when l came to Minnesota,
and if do say if, was right smart look
ing. The weather now amt nothing to
what it was in them days. Why, bless
you, we had drifts ten feet high right
here. Well, | was in love with sweet
little girl, and had a rival who was also
a good locker. 1t was nip and tuck
tween US and for long time no one
knowed who was ahead. Finally that
blizzard came and settled the thing.
The snow had heaped mp agin' my girls
house eight or ten feet and they
had TO dig hole in it to git in the front
door. Inever knowed colder night.
1t froze everything, and the thermome-
ter was 4So below. 1t was my rivals
night to call, and l chuckled over it,
thinkin' what nice time he'd have.
Well, he called. He went in, sat down,
and Mary came in the room. She made
a few remarks, but he said nary word.
She said something more, but again Oh
HE SAID NOTHIN'. n
She tried it again-Same result. Then
she got Madden March hare and
flounced out of the room. He saw she
was mad, and Immediately went home,
wondering why she acted so. Well,
next day it grOwed warmer, and in the
evening | called. 1t was my night.
Mary seemed so unusually nice that
/ proposed and was accepted. Well,
the room was growin' colder all the
time and Mary called her brother. In a
few minutes big fire was burniu' in
the CRATE. Soon the room growed
warm and suddenly we heard
my rivals voice, PROPOSE = to
Mary. l could hear what was said on
both sides, but Mary never moved her
lips and | couldn't see the Teller. Mary
tainted and | called her mother, but
when she came in the talkin' had
stopped. You see. Mary had made up
her mind to accept the Teller if he pro-
posed that night, and he did"
well, why didn't she accept him"'
was asked.
"Why, you idiot, when she thought
he was dumb he was proposing to her,
but it was so cold that his voice frOZe
before 1t reached her. Such cases are
on record in the books and are true as
gospel"
Gentlemen, l would like to close
up" said the clerk, and every man
made an instantaneous dive into the
cold air. The wind hOwled more dis
mally than ever. and the creaking signs
told the mournful tale of bluStery
night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Dupan Knocked Out.

Troy, n. Y, Dec. 30.-The hardest
and longest prize fight which has taken
place in this vicinity for years was
fought at a road house across the river
at an early hour this morning, between
Con Dugan, of Brooklyn, and Jack
Harding, of Philadelphia. In the
down twice. but previous to that time
he seemed to be the better man. Both
men now fought desperately, and in the
twentieth and last round Dugan was
again knocked down, and, failing to rise
in ten seconds, the battle was decided
in favor of Harding. Both men were
severely punished.
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An Armed Struggle on the
Continent in the Near Fut-
upe Must Result,
Or the Weaker Powers Must
Submit to the Will Of
the Stronger.
The Condition of Thomas Sex
ton Critical and the
Worst Is Feared.

BY Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-The conviction is
rapidly solidifying that the already
strained relations of the various Europ-
can powers with one another are fast
becoming unbearable and that the irk-
some ties and barriers must soon be
swept aside, with the inevitable conse-
quence of bloodshed. The Stand
ard, discussing the situation in
an exceedingly serious strain, con-
cludes that there must be an
armed struggle Oh the continent in the
near future, or else there must be on
the part of the weaker pow rs IN abject
submission to the will of Il e stronger.
Nothing in the nature of a middle
course, the Standard believes, will suf-
fee, while a continuance of the present
state of things must necessarily tend to
the bankruptcy of the leading European
powers, both in bone and Slnew
of finance. Sir A. Paget, Brit
ish ambassador to Vienna, who
has been in London several
days, paid visit to the foreign office
this afternoon and spent three hours in
consultation with various prominent
officials of the department, one hour of
which time was devoted to a private
conference with Lord Salisbury. The
ambassador is on the eve of his return
to Vienna, and will bear with him
to his post of duty important dispatches
pafticulariZing the views of the
British government on the present
crisis. These documents are understood
to convey to the Austrian government
lntimatiOn that England will support
the triple alliance against Russia, but to
Stipulate that the integrity OF Turkey
must remain inViOlate.
The condition of ThoS Sexton is criti-
cal. The crisis of his disease has not yet
passed and the worst is feared. A large
number of persons called at his apart
mentS to-day to ascertain his condition,
and to proffer sympathy, but no one was
admitted to his bedside.
The steamship Adriatic, from New
York, Dec. 81, for Liverpool, arrived at
Queenstown to-day after a fearfully
stormy and perilOus passage. She re-
ports that on Dec. % her main
yard was carried away and heavy
weather on subsequent days inflicted
SIlll GICulC1 Oll DSO. ~ LIE
w. Chilly, an EngliShman travelling as
saloon passenger, committed suicide by
cutting his throat while lying in bed in
his state room. On the previous day
Chilly was knocked down on the deck
by heavy sea and sustained injuries
about the head which affected his brain.
He was twenty-five years OF age.
1t is asserted that Judge OHagan'S
reasons for refusing to concur with his
fellow land commissioners in ordering
a reduction of the Irish rents averaging
IA per cent. was not that that the reduc-
ton was too great, as has been claimed
by Tory newspapers, but that he
did not regard the proposed decrease as
sufficient. 1t is expected that the dis
cussiOn. to which the action of the com
mission has give rise will impel Judge
O'Hagan TO make public over his own
signature his reasons for opposing the
decision of his colleagues.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Knocked out in the Fourth.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3O.-Last night
Charlie Murphy and Frank Neil, two
lightweights, fought four rounds, Mar
quis of Queensberry rules, two-ounce
gloves being used. In the first and sec
Ond rounds Neil had the best of it, but
Murphy had noticed that Neil's weak
spot was his stomach. and in the third
round let drive vicious blow for that
part of his anatomy, which made Neil
double up as if he had bad case of
collie. He came to time in the fourth,
however, and Murphy sent hard drive
to the right spot, this time sending his
man to the floor gasping. Neil again
came up and made rush for Murphy,
landing on his nose, but received hard
rap in the stomach in return. Murphy
then made rush for Neil and drove his
right into his ribs. Neil bent in two,
and while he did so Murphy lodged a
terrific blow on the jugular, and Neil
went down like log. When time was
called Neil was done for, and the fight
was given to Murphy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
WEIR'S BENEFIT.
1.-THE SPIDERS Agility Tickles
the Crowd.

the Crowd.
Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider" last
night took benefit at the Theatre
Comique, Minneapolis. George Pha-
len, the local featherweight, who made
such good showing against Warren at
La Crosse, spared Frank Shepley,
a middleweight, four rounds. Harry
Gilmore spared the Spider" three
rounds, their clever boxing eliciting
hearty applause. Next Fred Engle, the
Butcher Boy" and Pete Play Slugged
each other for four rounds, and the
Spider wound up with George SiddonS
in a sharp Set-to OF three rounds. The
audience was captured with Weir's agil-
ity and style of boxing and applauded
enthusiast cally. Weir's pretty little wife
sat in the flies and seemed to take
lively interest in the sport. The propO-
sition from Weir to ride horses against
any bicycliSt for week has created a
sensation in sporting circles, and after
his match with Miller at Omaha the race
with Schock, the bicycliSt, will probably
be arranged to take place the last week
in January at the Washington rink.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
HARPEIs ~ CLOVER.
The Bank RObber Treated Like a
King in the Prison

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 30.-COn ,iderable
adverse criticism is being INDUCED in
concerning the royal manner in which
E. l.. Harper, the convicted vice preSi-
dent of the defunct Fidelity bank, is be-
ing treated by the Ohio penitentiary
authorities. The prison rules are being
arranged. it seems, for his especial ben
eft, and he endures but few of the
rigOrS of confinement. Contrary TO all
custom, the distinguished criminal has
not so far been compelled to feel the dis
grace of having his hair and muStache
clipped, and they remain as luXuriant
as when he was at the head of the FL
deity. The officials say the shaving
will not be done for some time. He in
dulges but little in the coarse fare of
the prison, but is supplied from the
good tables of his family in Cincinnati.
He has the run of the Institution, going
whittier he will, and i'll order that the
time may not lie too heavily upon his
hands does bit of clerical work in the
office of Secretary Clement. His cell is
fitted up i'll royal style, although when
first admitted he was informed that he
would be allowed nothing beyond what
was furnished all prisoners of the state.
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The Fiendish Deed Done in the
Presence Of Her Helpless
Children.
Harper, the Fidelity Bank
RobbeP, Treated Like a
Prince in Prison.
Record of Hangman's Day.
The Crime Record Of a
Stormy Day.


Special to the Globe.
RUSH CITY, Mimi, Dec. 30.-Erick
Erickson. Swede farmer living seven
miles west of this city in the town of
Nessel, killed his wife, Christine Erick-
son, this afternoon about l o'clock, by
choking her to death with a scarf.
Erickson committed the deed in the
presence of his children soon after din
ner. the latter running after help. The
man has been. as is claimed by his
neighbors. troubled over religion, he
saving he was not good enough. lie
began studying the Bible, and has i'm
agined some parties are pursuing him
to kill him. He wandered about the
settlement nearly all last night. cross
ing Rush lake in the coolest of the
night. returning home at a. m. He
formerly quarreled with his wife, and
DRANK MORE OR LESS.
but of late has been quiet and sober.
The man is about forty-five years old,
as is also the deceased. He did not
deny the deed, but frankly confessed it
to your correspondent and many others;
nor did he attempt to escape, but re-
NAMED in his house with his five boys,
ranging in age from one to fifteen years,
who witnessed the revolving scene.
Fred NybloOm and several of the neigh
bors arrived quickly on the grond, to
whom he
CONFESSED THE DEED
and said: Il killed her, now you kill
me. | have put her away" He had
put her body in wood shed adjoining
the house. He said he was going to kill
himself. On being searched he had a
razor in his pocket. The man had a
small place of forty acres and little
stock. He was a genius as mechanic,
having worked at blackSmithing with
small shop on the farm, as carpenter and
cabinetmakeT, etc. He had an organ OF
his own make and small steam engine.
Fred Nybloom, q farmer close by, Z. Z.
Henneman. visiting here from Minnie
apOliS, and three others brought Erlck-
son to town this evening
WITH his HANDS TIED,
he Offering no resistance. Court Com
missioner ROBBIE, in the absence of the
Judge of probate, has taken possession
of him and placed him in the village
Jail. awaiting further proceedings. Cor
Oner ingalls,, of North Branch, has been
notified. A telegram has been sent to
the ONLY daughter, Lena Erickson, No.
GIL Robert street, st. Panl, a girl of
twenty, to come at once. There seems
to be but little doubt of the mans IN
sanity, although there is divided
opinion here among those who have
known the man of old, as they say his
wife WAS a quiet, unObtruSive woman,
and he was of mean,
oUARRELSOME AND VIOLENT
disposition. He said he had to kill her,
as She. with others. was arrayed against
him, and had tried to kill him by giving
him a suit Of underclOtheS filled with
electricity. The man can speak little or
no English. He has lived in this vicinity
about five years, coming from Iowa to
Rock Greek. and from the latter place to
the scene of his awful deed some four
wears since
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

promptly Fine Watch Repairing spe
calty Simon PawnbrOker Wholesale and Retail Jeweer
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Extending Civilization.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 3O.-The Movement
Geographique says: Advices from
Zanzibar are to the effect that the Brit
ish East African association has con-
cluded treaty under which the sultan
of Zanzibar cedeS to the association for
fifty years sovereignty over territory
between Port Wanga. at the mouth of
the Oumbu river, and Vitu, a distance
will facilitate the opening of routes to
Victoria Nyanza and shows that En-
gland is DESTROYS of founding colony
which will extend her influence to the
source of the Nile. 1t is probable that
when Stanley returns he will be asked
to undertake this work of extending
civilization
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Oueht to he Compounded.

CHICAGO. Dec. 3O.-Edward Corrigan,
the Kansas City turfman, in talking to-
day to reporter about the clashing of
the special meeting dates between st.
Louis, Kansas City and LatOnia, said he
thought the difficulty ought to be COM
promised. and believed it would be. He
said the Kansas City people had no ILL
feeling against the st. Louis Jockey
club. He ascribed the difficulty to the
refusal of the turf congress to recognize
Kansas City's application for dates for
their spring meeting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

COCA GENTS HUNTING CASE AK.
sDCO gold watch, stem winder and setter,
with the well-known Appleton, Tracy q Co.
Waltham full jeweled movement, cut expan-
sion balance, patent pin1on, Briquet hair
spring, patent regulator and adjusted Louis
XIV. richly engraved and hammered eases,
good weight and only used l month; No.
900, and never cost less than Sl45.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Some Mans Victim.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Pretty Jessie
White, of Brooklyn, left her home this
morning in apparently good health and
an hour or TWO later her mother was in
formed that Jessie was lying dead i'll the
house of Mrs. Theresa Smith. mid
wife. A note in her pocket bearing
Mrs Smiths address led to the arrest Of
Pulaski w. Klein, and a post-mOrtem
examination revealed the fact that she
died as the result of criminal practice.
Mrs. Smith declares that she did not
perform the operation and that the girl
came to her house. lay down on lounge
and died suddenly without making her
pTraOd known
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

Gr6-A LADY'S HUNTING CASE AK.
~ - gold watch, stem winder and setter,
with the most expensive movement of the
Elgin factory for ladies' watches; it is full
jeweled, compensated balance, ruby jewels
in setting, patent safety pinion and the
movement is made of fine nickel, Louis XIV.
hammered and engraved cases. very heavy
and only used a few months No. 8, page 30 !;
original cost Sl25
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31

AS-LADY'S HUNTING CASE AK.
.pfeJ gold watch, stem winder and setter,
full jeweled Elgin movement, cut expansion
balance and patent pinion, beautifully en-
grayed and hammered gold cases, but
Slightly used; could not tell it from new; No.
Ia, page Is; first cost, $40.
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St. Louis Jockey Club,

ST. LOUIS, Dec. SO.-The board of
directors of the st. Louis Jockey club
held meeting tonight, and after Civ
ing the difference existing between La
tonia, Kansas City and st. Louis in rae
ing matters and the CHASING of dates
full discussion, decided to hang up
$4,000 in stakes and purses for their
spring meeting. This is $4,000 more
than they originally designed to offer,
City have declared war against ST.
Louis, and that the battle will be fought
out on the money line. All purses will
be raised from S40O to 5000. The direct
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Diamonds Stolen.

CHICAGO, Dec. 90.-The police of this
city are on the hunt for $4,000 worth of
diamonds which were stolen from the
Palmer house on Saturday evening.
The Jewels were the property of Mrs. II.
Liebermann, who, with heTihusband, a
wholesale clothier, live at the hotel
named. They were usually kept in the
safe of a friend named Rosenthal, a
wealthy bachelor who lives in the
Palmer house, but on the evening named
Mr.. Liebermann forgot to so dispose of
them. On remembering this fact he
looked in a vest pocket where he had
last put them and discovered his loss.
The police have no clue.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Safe Blowers at Work.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 30.-At Paines-
vile, O., last night, burglars blew open
the safes in the offices of Thorp &
Rogers, and S. l.. Molin d Son. At the
latter place they were surprised by a
policeman, who opened fire on them.
Several shots were exchanged, when the
burglars escaped. The officer was shot
in the hand and trail of blood in the
snow shows that one of the cracksmen
had been wounded. The thieves got
hut little booty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
EXTENDING SYMPATHY.
The Trades Unions Extend Their
Sympathy to the Strikers.

READING, Pa, Dec. 30.-The trades
unions of Reading, composed of such
bodies as the printers, hatters, mOlders,
bakers, carpenters, hod-carriers, cigar
makers, BARRIERS, etc, have organized
themselves into body known as the
Trades and Labor council, which it is
estimated represents 1,S00 men. They
do not affiliate with the Knights of
Labor. AT late hour last night, after
a lengthy meeting, the council passed
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the Trade and
Labor council of Reading, do censure
the Philadelphia IL Reading company
for their direct attack on organized
labor and request all unions to extend
their sympathies and aid to those di
rectly injured by the company.
Resolved, That we sincerely condemn
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers for their very ready offer of as.
sistance to the company in the present
difficulties on the road, merely for the
purpose of seeking revenge. ~.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
New Orleans Races.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.-Following
are the entries for tomorrow:
First race, distance blank-Effie FL 90,
Jim Nave "a, Probus 80. Werner "a, Red
Stone 100, Trouble 102, BObolink a.,
Mike Whiting.
Second race, six furlongs-Belle Taw
95, Effie H 80, Phil Lewis Ia, Festus
95, Leman ITO, Red Leaf Sc, Little Sulli-
van IS, Jim Williams 103, Jack Brown
81, Jennie Mcfarland 119.
Third race. half a mile-Pat Moran
LOT, Katie Nc 1O1, Sam Wharton 80,
Janthe 81.
Fourth race, five furlongs-Fraud 101,
Avery 1O5, Unique 10S, Ethel 81, Ida L
1O4, Frank Clapp 108, Forest King 80,
Stony Wall SO, KensingtOn los, Beppo
1O2, Ascoli los. The track is slow to-
uipht